Broadband triple-frequency microstrip patch radiator combining a dual-band modified Sierpinski fractal and a monoband antenna

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 54, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 3367-3373

  Anguera, Jaume ^a   Martínez Ortigosa, Enrique ^b   Puente, Carles ^a   Borja, Carmen ^a   Soler, Jordi ^a  

^a Fractus SA   (Spain)

^b FICOSA International   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fractal shaped antennas; Microstrip antennas; Stacked patches; Triple frequency operation

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA RADIATION; BANDWIDTH; DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); FRACTALS; FREQUENCIES;

FRACTAL-SHAPED ANTENNAS; STACKED PATCHES; TRIPLE-FREQUENCY OPERATION;

MICROSTRIP ANTENNAS;

EID: 37849186466     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2006.884209     Document Type: Article

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